10-14-5 Alternative Parking Plan

An Alternative Parking Plan is a proposal to meet vehicle parking needs by means other than providing parking spaces onsite in accordance with the ratios established in this chapter. Proponents who wish to provide fewer off-street parking spaces than required shall secure approval of an Alternative Parking Plan, in accordance with the standards of this section. A. Procedures 1. Plan Contents. Alternative Parking Plans shall be submitted in a form established by the Planning Commission. At a minimum, such plans shall detail the type of alternative proposed and the rationale for such a proposal. Plans shall be prepared by a professional appropriately licensed by the State of Utah. 2. Review and Approval: Alternative Parking Plans for off-street parking spaces require review and action by the City. 3. Recordation of Approved Plans: A copy of an approved Alternative Parking Plan shall be submitted by the City to the County Recorder’s office for recordation. An Alternative Parking Plan may be amended by following the same procedure required for the original approval. B. Off-Site Parking: Required parking may be located offsite, if approved as a part of an Alternative Parking Plan and in compliance with all of the following standards: 1. Ineligible Activities: Off-site parking may not be used to satisfy parking for restaurants, convenience stores or other convenience-oriented uses. Required parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities may not be located offsite. 2. Location: Offsite parking spaces may not be separated from the use served by a street right-of-way with a width of more than 80 feet, unless a grade separated pedestrian walkway or other traffic control, or safety device is provided. C. Agreement for Off-site Parking: Off-site parking requires a written agreement that shall run with the land, and which shall be recorded. A signed, notarized copy of the agreement between the owners of record shall be submitted to the City for review and approval. Recordation of the agreement shall take place prior to the issuance of a building permit for any use to be served by the Off-site parking area. An Off-site parking agreement may be revoked only if required off-street parking spaces are provided in conformance with the provisions of this chapter. D. Shared Parking: Developments or uses with different operating hours or peak business periods may share off-street parking spaces if approved as part of an Alternative Parking Plan and if the shared parking complies with all the following standards. 1. Shared Parking Study: A parking study prepared by a professional appropriately licensed by the State of Utah shall be submitted to the City that clearly demonstrates the feasibility of shared parking. At a minimum, the study shall address the size and type of the proposed development, the composition of tenants, the anticipated rate of parking turnover and the anticipated peak parking and traffic loads for all uses that will be sharing off-street parking spaces. 2. Agreement for Shared Parking: A shared parking agreement shall be enforced through written agreement among all owners of record. A signed, notarized copy of the agreement between the owners of record shall be submitted to the City for approval prior to recordation. Recordation of the agreement shall take place prior to the issuance of a building permit for any use to be served by the Off-site parking area. A shared parking agreement may be revoked only if required off-street parking spaces can be otherwise provided, in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.